Bangladesh Football Federation

National football organisations of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Football FederationAFC

Short name| BFF, বাফুফে (bafufe)
Founded| 15 July 1972; 52 years ago (1972-07-15)
Headquarters| Dhaka, Bangladesh
FIFA affiliation| 1976; 49 years ago (1976)
AFC affiliation| 1973; 52 years ago (1973)[a]
SAFF affiliation| 1997; 28 years ago (1997)
President| Tabith Awal
Vice-President|

* Imrul Hasan

* Md. Nasser Shahrear Zahedee Mohul

* Wahid Uddin Chowdhury Happy

* Sabbir Ahmed Arif

* Fahad Karim

General Secretary| Imran Hossain Tushar
Website| bff.com.bd

Bangladesh Football Federation (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল ফেডারেশন, Bānglādesh fūṭbôl fēḍārēshôn) is the governing body that administers the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national teams, as well as the Bangladesh Premier League and various other competitions and tournaments. The BFF was one of founding members of the South Asian Football Federation. Its office is based at the BFF Bhaban, in Motijheel Thana of the country's capital, Dhaka.

## History

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The Bangladesh Football Federation was founded on 15 July 1972 by Md. Yousuf Ali, the country's former Minister for Education, Culture and Sport; the general secretary under Ali was Abul Hashem of Wari Club.[4]

It became affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, and FIFA in 1976.[5] It is also a founding member of South Asian Football Federation. Bangladesh has been elected to be part of the AFC Executive Committee for two four-year terms: in 1982–1986 and 1998–2002. Hafizuddin Ahmed was elected vice-president of the AFC for the term from 1990 to 1994.[4]

After Bangladesh gained independence in the early 1970s, the BFF assumed responsibility for the Dhaka League including its First Division, which had begun in 1948. The league resumed for the 1973 season. It was eventually replaced by a Premier Division in 1993, but has since been superseded by the professional football league, the Bangladesh Premier League (founded in 2007 as the B.League) and the Bangladesh Championship League (in 2012), and now exists only as a regional league at the third tier of the nation's football league pyramid.

In 1980, the Federation started the Federation Cup, which grew to be the country's top national cup competition.

On 10 April 2005, AFC President Mohammed bin Hammam inaugurated the BFF Bhaban, the Federation's FIFA-financed office.[6]

In 2009, it launched the Super Cup tournament, which ran in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In 2013, the prize money for winning the competition was Tk10 million.[7] In the inaugural competition, Mohammedan SC beat arch-rivals Abahani Limited Dhaka.[8]

## Executive committee

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### Board of directors

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As of November 2024
Name  | Position  | Source

|
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Tabith Mohammed Awal | President  | [9][10]
Imrul Hasan  | Senior Vice-president  | [11][12]
Nasser Shahrear Zahedee[13] | 2nd Vice-president  | [11][12]
Wahid Uddin Chowdhury Happy[13] | 3rd Vice-president  | [11][12]
Sabbir Ahmed Arif[13] | 4th Vice-president  | [11][12]
Fahad Mohammed Ahmed Karim[13] | 5th Vice-president  | [11][12]
Imran Hossain Tushar  | General Secretary  | [14]
Saiful Bari Titu | Technical Director  | [11][15]
Javier Cabrera | Team Coach (Men's)  | [11][12]
Peter Butler | Team Coach (Women's)  | [16][17]

### Presidents

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President  | Took office  | Left office  | Ref

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Muhammad Yusuf Ali | 1972  | 1973  | [18]
Gazi Golam Mostafa | 1973  | 1976  | [19]
Mir Shawkat Ali | 1976  | 1978  | [20]
Siddique Ahmed  | 1978  | 1980  |
Abdur Raquib Khandaker | 1980  | 1986  | [21]
Harun Ahmed Chowdhury | 1986  | 1986  |
Hafizuddin Ahmed | 1986  | 1989  | [22]
Mahmudul Hasan | 1989  | 1992  |
Oli Ahmad | 1992  | 1994  | [23]
Mohammad Hanif | 1996  | 2001  | [24]
AM Azizul Haque  | 2001  | 2001  |
SA Sultan | 2001  | 2008  | [25]
Kazi Salahuddin | 2008  | 2024  | [26]
Tabith Awal | 2024  | Present  | [27]

### Technical director

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President  | Took office  | Left office  | Ref

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|
|

Shahidur Rahman Shantoo | 2008  | 2010  | [28]
Bayazid Alam Zubair Nipu  | 2010  | 2015  | [29]
Paul Smalley | 2016  | 2019  | [30]
Stuart Watkiss | 2020  | 2020  | [31]
Paul Smalley | 2020  | 2023  | [32]
Saiful Bari Titu | 2024  | Present  | [33]

## Competitions

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### Men's club competitions

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As of August 2023

Competitions currently run by BFF:

Competition | First season | Current champion | Remarks

|
|
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Bangladesh Premier League | 2007 | Bashundhara Kings | The country's top-tier football league.
Federation Cup | 1980 | Mohammedan SC | The country's top-tier leagues cup competition.
Independence Cup | 1972 | Bashundhara Kings | The country's national cup competition.
Challenge Cup | 2024 | Bashundhara Kings | The country's super cup competition.
Bangladesh Championship League | 2012 | Brothers Union | The country's 2nd tier football league.
Senior Division League | 1948 | Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda | The country's 3rd tier football league.
Second Division League | 1948 | Saif SC Youth Team | The country's 4th tier football league.
Third Division League | 1948 | Chawkbazar Kings | The country's 5th tier football league.
Pioneer Football League | 1981 | Barishal Football Academy | The country's 6th tier football league.
BFF U-18 Football Tournament | 2014 | NoFeL Sporting Club U-18 | The country's U-18 club football tournament.
BFF U-18 Football League | 2021–22 | Sheikh Jamal DC U-18 | The country's top tier U-18 football league.
BFF U-16 Football Tournament | 2021–22 | Kawran Bazar PS U-16 | The country's U-16 football tournament.

### Other competitions

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As of October 2022

Competitions currently run by BFF:

Competition | First Season | Current Champion | Remarks

|
|
|

Bangabandhu Cup | 1996–97 | Palestine |  International football tournament.
Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup | 2019 | Bangladesh & Laos | International U-19 Women's football tournament.
Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup | 2015 | Terengganu F.C. | International clubs football tournament.
Sheikh Russel U-18 Gold Cup | 2021–22 | Wari Thana |  The country's Metropolis Thanas football competition
National Football Championship | 1973 | Bangladesh Army | District and institutional cup tournament.
Bangladesh Women's Football League | 2011 | Bashundhara Kings | The country's women's professional clubs football league.

### Defunct

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As of June 2023

Competitions previously run by BFF:

Competition | First Season | Last Season | Last Champion | Remarks

|
|
|
|

Aga Khan Cup | 1958 | 1981–82 | Bangkok Bank F.C. and Brothers Union
[Shared after 1–1 draw] | Continental club competition last held in 1982.
President's Gold Cup | 1981 | 1993 | Petrolul Ploiești | International football tournament.
First Division League | 1993 | 2004–05 | Rahmatganj MFS | 2nd tier semi-professional football league last held in 2005.
National Football League | 2000 | 2006 | Mohammedan SC | The country's first semi-professional national league last held in 2006.
Super Cup | 2009 | 2013 | Mohammedan SC | The country's highest budgeted cup football competition.

## Stadiums

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Main article: List of football stadiums in Bangladesh

* National Stadium, Dhaka
* BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka
* MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
* Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
* Shamsul Huda Stadium' Jessore
* Rajshahi District Stadium, Rajshahi
* Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi
* Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium, Gopalgonj
* Shaheed Salam Stadium, Feni
* Mymensingh Stadium, Mymensingh
* Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium, Comilla
* Shaheed Bulu Stadium, Noakhali
* Sheikh Kamal Stadium, Nilphamari
* Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka
* Munshigonj Stadium, Munshiganj
* Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium, Gazipur
* Bashundhara Kings Arena, Dhaka

## Official partners

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Nitol-Tata the sole distributor of Tata vehicles in Bangladesh was the official sponsor between 2000 till 2005.

In April 2008, BFF secured BDT 165 million (approximately US$22,85,714) in sponsorship from Citycell (Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited) for a three-year period. This was a record-breaking amount in the history of football sponsorship in Bangladesh.[34]

Later in 2010, it made contract with Grameenphone – country's leading mobile phone operator, for the sponsorship of BFF's tournaments.

BFF secured US$70,000 for one year when Nitol-Tata again became the official sponsor for the 2013–14 season.

On 13 March 2022, Pusti became the beverage partner of Bangladesh Football Federation following a two-year agreement.[35]

## See also

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* Bangladesh national football team
* Bangladesh women's national football team
* List of Bangladeshi football champions
* Football in Bangladesh
* Bangladeshi Football Ultras

## Notes

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1. ^ The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) attained provisional membership in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, making them eligible to participate in AFC-administered competitions.[1][2] Their membership was eventually ratified on 14 September 1974.[3]

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Lusophone|

Defunct

Lusofonia Games

Mediterranean|

Mediterranean Games

Defunct

Mediterranean Cup

Pan American|

Pan American Games

Defunct

Panamerican Championship

Other|

Goodwill Games

Defunct

GANEFO

Non-FIFA|

| CONIFA|

World Football Cup
African Football Cup
Asian Football Cup
European Football Cup
South American Football Cup

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UIAFA|

Defunct

UIAFA Great European Tournament

Other|

Island Games
Universiade

Defunct

FIFI Wild Cup
WUFA World Series

See also
Geography
Codes
Player/Club of the Century
Women's football

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National football associations of Asia (AFC)

West Asia (WAFF)|

* Bahrain
* Iraq
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Oman
* Palestine
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Syria
* United Arab Emirates
* Yemen

Central Asia (CAFA)|

* Afghanistan
* Iran
* Kyrgyzstan
* Tajikistan
* Turkmenistan
* Uzbekistan

South Asia (SAFF)|

* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* India
* Maldives
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Sri Lanka

East Asia (EAFF)|

* China
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* Macau
* Mongolia
* Northern Mariana Islands†
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Chinese Taipei

Southeast Asia (AFF)|

* Australia
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* East Timor
* Indonesia
* Laos
* Malaysia
* Myanmar
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Defunct|

* South Yemen

† denote full Member Association is not a FIFA member
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